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3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM 2012)

Istanbul, Turkey 3-6 July 2012 Volume 1 of 3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 OPERATIONS RESEARCH – MANAGEMENT TRACK INTEGRATING PRODUCTION SCHEDULING AND MAINTENANCE: PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS..................................... 1 Laith Alhadidi, Umar Al-Turki, Abdur Rahim

TIME-RISK TRADEOFF OF HAZMAT ROUTING PROBLEM IN EMERGENCY SITUATION..................................................... 9 Abbas Mahmoudabadi, Seyed Mohammad Seyedhosseini

ADVANCED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE SEMI-ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM ....................................................................... 17 Shih-Ting Zeng, Chi-Jen Lin, Ue-Pyng Wen

INVENTORY LOCATION ROUTING PROBLEM: A COLUMN GENERATION APPROACH...................................................... 26 Mateo Gutierrez Granada, Catalina Wills Silva

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR TRAIN ROUTING AND SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH FUZZY APPROACH...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Amin Jamili

A VARIABLE CAPACITY PARALLEL MACHINE SCHEDULING PROBLEM ............................................................................... 46 Emine Akyol, Tugba Saraç

QUADRATIC MULTIPLE KNAPSACK PROBLEM WITH SETUPS AND A SOLUTION APPROACH ....................................... 53 Nilay Dogan, Kerem Bilgiçer, Tugba Saraç

MULTI OBJECTIVE MIXED MODEL ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING ........................................................................................... 63 Rifat Gurcan Ozdemir, Fadime Üney-Yüksektepe, Nihan Karaca

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY ADOPTION AND SELECTION OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES METRICS FOR KETCHUP COMPANIES IN MALAYSIA............................................................. 64 Azanizawati Ma'Aram, Afagh Malek

DEVELOPING A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR TEAM CONFIGURATION IN CREATIVITY PROCESS .......................... 71 Iraj Mahdavi, Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Amin Aalaei, Mohammad Hassan Yahyanejad

A NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR A MULTI-CRITERIA GROUP SCHEDULING PROBLEM IN A CMS SOLVED BY A BRANCH-AND-BOUND METHOD ....................................................................................................................... 77 Yousef Gholipour-Kanani, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Rahileh Cheraghalizadeh, M. Mahmoodjanloo

PRIORITIZING CRITERIA AND CONTRACTORS FOR PAYMENT OF THEIR CLAIMS - CASE STUDY IN KARAJ MUNICIPALITY TRANSPORT SERVICES ............................................................................................................................... 84 Amir Hossein Dehestani Monfared, Reza Kiani Mavi, Sakine Abbas Khakiani

AN INTEGER PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROBLEM .................................................. 90 Golbarg Moeini, Ali Akgunduz, Brigitte Jaumard

MANAGING KNOWLEDGE IN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING – AN OPERATIONS-BASED APPROACH .................................. 99 Rafed Zawawi, Hasan Akpolat, Ravindra Bagia

DYNAMIC AND STOCHASTIC KNAPSACK-TYPE MODELS FOR FORECLOSED HOUSING ACQUISITION AND REDEVELOPMENT............................................................................................................................................... 109 Armagan Bayram, Senay Solak

MINIMIZING THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF TARDY JOBS IN DYNAMIC FLOW SHOP WITH STOCHASTIC DUE DATES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 118 Ali Elyasi, Nasser Salmasi

A GENERALIZED COST MALMQUIST INDEX TO COMPARE THE PRODUCTIVITIES OF UNITS WITH NEGATIVE DATA IN DEA ......................................................................................................................................................................... 128 Shabnam Razavyan, Ghasem Tohidi

CROSS EFFICIENCY OF DECISION MAKING UNITS WITH NEGATIVE DATA IN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 133 Ghasem Tohidi, Shabnam Razavyan

OUTSOURCING AND ITS IMPACT ON OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE .................................................................................. 138 Ali Nazeri, Reza Gholami, Sadra Rashidi

A DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID CROSS ENTROPY-TABU SEARCH ALGORITHM FOR TRAVELLING REPAIRMAN PROBLEM............................................................................................................................................................................ 147 Budi Santosa, Muchammad Aminuddin

SCHEDULING WITH AGREEMENTS : A MILP-BASED FORMULATION WITH A POLYNOMIAL RESULT ..................... 154 Mohamed Bendraouche, Mourad Boudhar

APPROXIMATION TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN QUEUING SYSTEMS .......................................................................... 155 Ehsan Moghimihadji, Alagar Rangan

FUZZY MULTI-OBJECTIVE PARALLEL MACHINES SCHEDULING PROBLEM THROUGH NEW SOLUTION METHOD.................................................................................................................................................................................. 161 Mohammad Asghari, Samaneh Nezhadali

MINIMIZING THE SUM OF MAKESPAN AND MAXIMUM TARDINESS ON SINGLE MACHINE WITH RELEASE DATES ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 171 Elkanah Oyetunji

STUDY OF THE SCHEDULING PROBLEM UNDER PREEMPTION, RELEASE DATES AND TRANSPORTATION DELAYS CONSTRAINTS..................................................................................................................................... 181 Amina Haned, Mourad Boudhar

A STUDY ON LINE BALANCING IN ASSEMBLY LINE AT AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT MANUFACTURER ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 182 M. Mohd Hafizuddin, N. K. Ahmad Nazif, Y. Mohd Needza, D. Azila Nadiah

NEW GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN PROBLEM ...................................................................... 188 Ayse Hande Erol, Serol Bulkan

A WEB-BASED MULTI-OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR CONVERGENT PRODUCT NETWORKS USING STEINER TREE............................................................................................................................................................................... 196 Reza Hassanzadeh, Iraj Mahdavi, Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri

A BAYESIAN MODEL TO ENHANCE DOMESTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION FORECAST ..................................................... 202 Mohammad Rahman, M. El-Sharkh, Asheka Rahman

MINIMIZING THE TOTAL WEIGHTED COMPLETION TIME ON A SINGLE MACHINE SCHEDULING WITH RELEASE DATES AND A LEARNING EFFECT ....................................................................................................................... 208 Siamak Noori, Dariush Moradinezhad, Mohammad Hossein Babaei, Ehsan Jahani, Mohammadreza Hamidi

AN ALPHA-CUT APPROACH FOR FUZZY PRODUCT AND ITS USE IN COMPUTING SOLUTIONS OF FULLY FUZZY LINEAR SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................................................... 209 Reza Hassanzadeh, Iraj Mahdavi, Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri, Ali Tajdin

ASSESSING THE PRIORITY RULES OF SCHEDULING IN JOB SHOP MANUFACTURING COMPANY.............................. 219 D. Azila-Nadiah, N. K. Ahmad Nazif, M. Mohd Hafizuddin

OPTIMAL CONTROL POLICY FOR ADVERTISING AND PRICING OF TWO GENERATION DURABLE PRODUCT IN SEGMENTED MARKET ................................................................................................................................................... 226 Yogender Singh, Kuldeep Chaudhary, P. C. Jha

APPLICATION OF STATIC UNCAPACITATED MULTI-COMMODITY FLOW MODELS TO DYNAMIC CAPACITY-CONSTRAINED EVACUATION PATH NETWORKS .................................................................................................... 234 Mojahid Saeed Osman, Bala Ram

TRANSPORTATION MODE SELECTION UNDER CARBON EMISSIONS CONSIDERATIONS ............................................... 240 Gokce Palak, Sandra Duni Eksioglu

SELECTING THE OPTIMUM COST MANAGEMENT METHOD BY FAHP AND DOA TECHNIQUE ..................................... 241 Frnoosh Saleh, Habibollah Javanmard, Farhad Karimi

AN ANARCHIC SOCIETY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR A FLOW-SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE TRANSPORTERS BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MACHINES................................................................................ 250 Amir Ahmadi Javid, Pedram Hooshangi Tabrizi

SOLVING TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM WITH MIXED CONSTRAINTS.................................................................................. 259 Rabindra Nath Mondal, Md. Rezwan Hossain

OPTIMIZATION OVER EFFICIENT STOCHASTIC SOLUTIONS ................................................................................................... 265 F. Mebrek, D. Chaabane

MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION FOR SERVICE MARKETING VIA MULTI-CRITERIA ACCEPTABILITY ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................... 272 Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Ermia Aghasi

DYNAMIC TESTING FACILITY DELIVERY PROBLEMS: A CASE STUDY ................................................................................. 279 Fulufhelo Masithulela

ECONOMIC LOT SCHEDULING PROBLEM CONSIDERING DETERIORATING ITEMS ........................................................ 290 Vahid Kayvanfar, Mostafa Zandieh

APPLYING STOCHASTIC GOAL PROGRAMMING TO SOLVE APP PROBLEM: A CASE STUDY ....................................... 297 Mouna Mezghani, Taicir Loukil, Belaid Aouni

CRASHING PROJECT ACTIVITIES USING LINEAR PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE .............................................................. 298 Omar Elmabrouk, Fardous Aljiebali

SCHEDULING PROJECT CRASHING TIME USING LINEAR PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE............................................... 307 Omar Elmabrouk

A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVE AN EXTENDED PORTFOLIO SELECTION PROBLEM.......................................................... 316 Mohammad Hossein Babaei, Mohammadreza Hamidi, Ehsan Jahani, Hossein Pasha Abgarmi

OBSTACLES RESTRAINING PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 323 Hamdi Bashir, Khalid Alzebdeh, Amur M. A. Al Riyami

NURSE ROSTERING THROUGH 0-1 MULTI OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING FOR ICU DEPARTMENT OF DR SHARIATI HOSPITAL IN ISFAHAN ................................................................................................................................................. 332 Zahra Ansari, Alijani Aley, Sharif Sharghi, Emam Khomeini

BERTH ALLOCATION PLANNING FOR IMPROVING CONTAINER TERMINAL PERFORMANCES .................................. 333 H. L. Ma, F. T. S. Chan, S. H. Chung, C. S. Wong

IMPROVED AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM: THE BENEFIT OF SMART DIAGNOSTIC TOOL COMPARED TO COLORED PETRI NET METHOD ............................................................................................................................ 340 Md. Tanbiruj Jaman

MODULAR PRODUCTS AND PROPRIETARY INTERFACE............................................................................................................. 344 Farooq Sheikh

SOLVING ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEM IN THE STATE OF MULTIPLE-ALTERNATIVE OPERATIONS SEQUENCE, BY USING GRASP META-HEURISTIC METHOD AND COMPARING WITH GENETIC ALGORITHM............................................................................................................................................................................. 345 Nasir Saidi Rashboogari

PRODUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TRACK LOCATION AND JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH MINIMIZING MAXIMUM COMPLETION TIME GOAL IN FUZZY ENVIRONMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH RANKING FUZZY NUMBERS AND α-CUT FUZZY...................................................................................................................................................................................... 353 Mohsen Dastpak, Saeed Poormoaied, Masood Naderpour

PRODUCT SCHEDULING IN A MULTI-PRODUCT COLOUR PROCESSING FACILITY. CASE STUDY AT TN TEXTILES (PVT) LTD .......................................................................................................................................................................... 363 William Msekiwa Goriwondo, Walter Chipambwa, Samson Mhlanga, Michael Mutingi

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PROFIT MAXIMIZATION GENERAL LOT-SIZING AND SCHEDULING PROBLEM (PGLSP) ......................................................................................................................................................... 373 Narges Sereshti, Mehdi Bijari, Ghasem Moslehi

INTEGRATED CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM DESIGN - AN EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM APPROACH.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 382 Michael Mutingi, Charles Mbohwa, Samson Mhlanga, William Msekiwa Goriwondo

A CASE STUDY OF PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENT BY USING LEAN WITH SIMULATION MODELING......................... 393 Soroor K. H. Al-Hafaji, Header M. R. Al-Rufaifi

GENETIC ALGORITHM BASED ON SOME HEURISTIC RULES FOR JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 402 Amer A. Boushaala, Mohamed A. Shouman, Somaia Esheem

NEW ROUTING RULES FOR DYNAMIC FLEXIBLE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING WITH SEQUENCEDEPENDENT SETUP TIMES ..................................................................................................................................................................... 411 Mohammed A Shalaby, Tamer Abdelmaguid, Zakaria Abdelrasol

MINIMIZING THE MAKESPAN IN A FLOW SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH SEQUENCEDEPENDENT SETUP TIMES AND PERIODIC MAINTENANCE BY A HYBRID ALGORITHM................................................ 421 Hassan Gholizadeh, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Behnam Tootooni

AN ALGORITHM FOR SIZING AND CUTTING STOCK PROBLEM WITHIN ALUMINUM FABRICATION INDUSTRY ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 430 S. M. A. Suliman

FLEXIBLE LABOR ASSIGNMENT IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM (A SIMULATION AND DEA APPROACH)......................................................................................................................................................................................... 439 Farimah Mokhatab Rafiei, Aliasghar Dehghan

STOCHASTIC LOT-SIZING: MAXIMISING PROBABILITY OF MEETING TARGET PROFIT ............................................... 448 Mehdi Bijari, Hajar Shirneshan

MINIMIZING MAXIMUM EARLINESS AND TARDINESS ON A SINGLE MACHINE USING A NOVEL HEURISTIC APPROACH............................................................................................................................................................................ 456 Simin Poursheikh Ali, Mehdi Bijari

MINIMIZING THE TARDINESS IN A SINGLE MACHINE BATCH PROCESSING...................................................................... 463 Fahad Al-Ghamdi, Meshaal Al-Khaldi, Amaar Khoukhi, Muhammad Al-Slamah

MULTI-PERIOD CELL LOADING IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS .................................................................... 471 Gökhan Egilmez, Gürsel Suer

DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE SCHEDULING SCHEME CONSIDERING MULTI-LEVEL BOM IN HYBRID JOB SHOP....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 481 Sumin Han, Jinwu Seo, Jinwoo Park

PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY OF TURKISH MANUFACTURING SMES USING DEA............................................................. 490 Muhammet Enis Bulak, Ali Turkyilmaz, Metin Satir, Omer Fahrettin Demirel

MIXED-MODEL TWO-SIDED ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING USING A MODIFIED GENETIC ALGORITHM ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 491 Raghda B. Taha, Amin El-Kharbotly, Nahid Afia, Yomna Sadek

EFFECT OF SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND RAMP UP TIME ON MANUFACTURING SYSTEM ACQUISITION UNDER UNCERTAIN DEMAND................................................................................................................................... 501 Iman Niroomand, Onur Kuzgunkaya, Akif Asil Bulgak

A REVIEW OF SCHEDULING PROBLEMS WITH EARLINESS OBJECTIVE .............................................................................. 511 Simin Poursheikh Ali, Mehdi Bijari

SOLVING NO-WAIT FLOWSHOP BY HEURISTIC ALGORITHM .................................................................................................. 512 Gh. M. Komaki, Vahid Kayvanfar

ZERO INVENTORY/PRODUCTION CONTROL POLICY FOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO QUALITY DETERIORATION.................................................................................................................................................................... 519 Karem Dhouib, Hanen Bouabid, Ali Gharbi

AGGREGATE PLANNING: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 527 Ilham Kissani, Asmae El Mokrini

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-PRODUCT, MULTI-DEMAND DISASSEMBLY LINE USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ............................................................................................................................................................... 535 Emre Tuncel, Abe Zeid, Sagar Kamarthi

MINE WASTE ROCK MANAGEMENT USING MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING (MIP) ..................................................... 543 Erkan Topal, Yu Li, David J. Williams

A FUZZY MULTI-OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPROACH FOR SOLVING A NEW MULTIOBJECTIVE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING WITH SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT SETUP TIMES ........................................................ 544 Leila Emami

A NEW MULTI OBJECTIVE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING WITH SET UP TIMES USING A HYBRID METAHEURISTICS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 554 Leila Emami, Mohammad Bagher Fakhrzad

QUALITY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT TRACK GAUGE IMPRECISION AND PROCESS CAPABILITY ANALYSIS.................................................................................................. 555 Ali Zeinal Hamadani

INVESTIGATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN LIBYA: A PROPOSED GUIDELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION.................................................................................................................................................................................... 570 Abdussalam Shibani, Messaoud Saidani, Amrit Sagoo, Nawal Gherbal

LINEAR PROFILE FORECASTING USING REGRESSION ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 575 Hamideh Razavi, Sanaz Sharifi Ghazvini

HELICAL COIL SPRINGS LIFE QUALITY ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................ 580 Fulufhelo Masithulela

A PROPOSED PREDICTION APPROACH FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES PERFORMANCE USING ANNS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 590 T. T. El-Midany, M. A. El-Baz, M. S. Abd-Elwahed

MULTI-OBJECTIVE ECONOMIC-STATISTICAL DESIGN OF MEWMA CONTROL CHART ................................................. 599 Amirhossein Amiri, Hamed Mogouie, Mohammad Hadi Doroudyan

T2 BASED METHODS FOR MONITORING GAMMA PROFILES ..................................................................................................... 600 Amirhossein Amiri, Mehdi Koosha, Armaghan Azhdari

EFFECT OF MANAGERIAL CHANGES ON THE CORPORATION PERFORMANCE: DEA BASED METHOD ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 606 Rassoul Noorossana, Hamidreza Izadbakhsh, Majid Esmaelian, M. Ghasemi

A SCHEME FOR BALANCE MONITORING AND ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS OF BIVARIATE CORRELATED PROCESS MEAN SHIFTS.............................................................................................................................................. 607 Ibrahim Masood, Adnan Hassan

INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IMS) IMPLEMENTATION AND ORGANIZATION SURVIVAL AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT............................................ 619 Milad Ziaeian, Reza Kiani Mavi, Zohre Zarabadi Pour

A STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF VARIANCE ESTIMATION AND SUBGROUPING IN XBAR CONTROL CHARTS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 626 Taylan A. Ula

STATUS OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING SMES ............................................................. 627 Khawaja Khurram Khurshid, Maneesh Kumar, Dianne Waddell

FACTOR ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE SURFACE OPTIMIZATION FOR COPPER REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS.............................................................................................................................................................................. 637 Burcu Caglar Gencosman, Ali Yurdun Orbak, Lkün Orbak

PROPOSING AN INCORPORATED MODEL OF BALANCED SCORECARD AND HOSHIN KANRI BASED ON TQM (CASE STUDY: MSC) ................................................................................................................................................................. 643 Behrooz Arbabshirani, Hamid Reza Muosakhani

DEVELOPING THE BALANCED SCORECARD FRAMEWORK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: CONCEPTUAL STUDY ............................................................................................................................................................................... 651 Abdulsattar Mohammad Al-Ali

EFFECT OF CASCADE PROPERTY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SIMPLE LINEAR PROFILES.......................................... 661 Masoumeh Eghbali Ghahyazi, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, Paria Soleimani, Sara Afroozan

ESTIMATING THE CHANGE POINT OF BIVARIATE BINOMIAL PROCESSES EXPERIENCING STEP CHANGES IN THEIR MEAN...................................................................................................................................................................... 670 Sara Afroozan, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, Paria Soleimani, Masoumeh Eghbali Ghahyazi

INTEGRATED CONTROL CHART SYSTEM: A NEW CHARTING TECHNIQUE........................................................................ 676 M. Shamsuzzaman

ADAPTIVE INJECTION MOLDING QUALITY PREDICTION FRAMEWORK USING SENSOR DATA ................................. 685 Yong-Han Lee, Hyeonnam Kim, Jongtae Rhee

COMBINED USE OF SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION IN QUALITY AND PROCESS CONTROL CALIBRATION....................................................................................................................... 686 Salah Bouhouche, Zoheir Mentouri, Hazzem Meradi, Laib Dit Leksir Yazid

COOLING BED OF REBAR PROCESS EVALUATION USING TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND SOFT SENSING METHODS ................................................................................................................................................................................... 696 Ziani Slimane, Mentouri Zoheir, Bouhouche Salah, Bast Jurgen

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN DAIRY INDUSTRY .......................................................................................................... 705 Özlem Yaman Keskin, Zehra Gülsünoglu

THE USE OF STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL CHARTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE AND SIGN-OFF PROCESS FOR WEB APPLICATION PRODUCTS ............................................................................................................................... 714 Fikri Dweiri, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, M. Shamsuzzaman

MAJOR DIFFICULTIES FACED TO ENSURE SECURITY IN FOOD-PROCESSING FIELD...................................................... 719 Fadali Yamina

SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN SYSTEMS TRACK SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EVALUATION IN TURKEY’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY USING AHP AND ANP APPROACH ................................................................................................................................... 720 Hidayet Talha Kus, Omer Fahrettin Demirel, Selim Zaim, Guven Kiymaz

ECO-MAINTENANCE: THE IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BY MEANS OF MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 721 Margherita De Minicis, Mario Fargnoli, Massimo Tronci

THE TECHNOLOGY, TECHNICAL SKILL, AND R&D CAPABILITY IN INCREASING TO THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN INDONESIA TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE COMPANIES ....................................... 731 Endang Chumaidiyah

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN THE SYNFUELS SECTOR IN SOUTH AFRICA .................................................................. 740 Tennyson Maimbo, Charles Mbohwa, Michael Mutingi

VISUALIZING SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS USING SUSTAINABLE VALUE STREAM MAPPING (SUS-VSM)................................................................................................................... 751 William Faulkner, William Templeton, David Gullett, Fazleena Badurdeen

NOISE IN THE WORKSPACE: PROPOSAL FOR DECREASING NOISE POLLUTION............................................................... 761 Dimitrios Kaliakatsos, Giovanni Mirabelli, Teresa Pizzuti

A FRAMEWORK FOR ESTIMATING THE SUSTAINABILITY INDEX OF NEW PRODUCT BASED ON AHP AND BP NEURAL NETWORK................................................................................................................................................................... 771 Mohd Fahrul Hassan, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman, Safian Sharif, Badrul Omar

CONQUERING ENVIRONMENTAL INCONSISTENCIES DURING THE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD) ACTIVITY LEAD TO CORPORATE SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS............................................................................................ 779 Asiya Kazmi, S. Asiya

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS OF IMPLEMENTING TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN LIBYAN ORGANISATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 787 Nawal Gherbal, Abdussalam Shibani, Messaoud Saidani, Amrit Sagoo

A MULTI-CRITERIA SUSTAINABILITY MODEL FOR AN EFFECTIVE WEEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM......................... 797 Maria Grazia Gnoni, Fabiana Tornese

RISK GOVERNANCE AND POLICY STRATEGIES PROPOSALS FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND GEOLOGICAL STORAGE IN BRAZIL.................................................................................................................................................... 798 Victor P. P. Esteves, Claudia Do R. V. Morgado

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIER SELECTION IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY...................... 809 Hatice Ersoy, Erengül Bulut, Tülin Aktin, Zeynep Gergin

A BI-LEVEL PROGRAMMING FOR REVERSE LOGISTICS NETWORK DESIGN ..................................................................... 810 Farzad Dehghanian, Fatemeh Mahdavi, Vahid Edalatpoor

SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL FOR SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS OF MOBILE PHONE REVERSE LOGISTICS .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 819 Alessandra Lanzilotto, Maria G. Gnoni

MODELING ELECTRIC MOBILITY IN GERMANY: A POLICY ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE................................................... 829 Fikret Turan, Akiner Tuzuner, Selcuk Goren

DEVELOPING THE GREEN SUPPLIER SELECTION PROCEDURE BASED ON ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS AND OUTRANKING METHODS ................................................................................................................. 839 Che-Wei Tsui, Ue-Pyng Wen

OPTIMIZATION OF MATERIAL AND ENERGY EXCHANGE IN AN ECO-PARK NETWORK CONSIDERING THREE FUEL SOURCES .............................................................................................................................................. 848 Ivan Kantor, Ali Elkamel, Mike Fowler

VIRTUAL OPTIMIZATION OF A WIRELESS, SOLAR PV/WIND HYBRID SYSTEM CONTROLLER FOR STREET-LIGHTING APPLICATIONS, BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOUND IN GREATER TORONTO AREA .................................................................................................................................................................... 854 Sadique Sarder, Ahad Ali, Donald Wang

LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN TRACK FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTION EXPOSURE IN A NEWSVENDOR SETTING............................................................... 864 Gopalan Srinivasan, Ravi Gor, Francisco Arcelus

A PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR A LEAN AND GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN: A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT APPLICATION .......................................................................................................................................................................... 870 Raid Al-Aomar, Dua Weriakat

THE DESIGN OF PRODUCT RECOVERY NETWORK: A NEW MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODEL ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 881 Neslihan Demirel, Hadi Gökçen

ANALYSIS OF DEMAND SATISFACTION PROBABILITY AND NETWORK COSTS IN WAREHOUSE RELOCATION USING PROBABILISTIC KNAPSACK ........................................................................................................................ 882 Mahdi Bashiri, Hamidreza Rezaei, Behnam Tootooni

A TAXONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR FORMULATING STRATEGIES IN GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 889 Michael Mutingi, Charles Mbohwa

VOLUME 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF E-INTEGRATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN OF PAKISTANI AND ITS EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE........................................................................................................................................................................................... 899 Mari Sonia, Marri Hussain Bux, Memon M. Saad

A MULTI-AGENT ARCHITECTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED SUPPLY CHAIN ................................................................................. 907 Felix T. S. Chan, Bharat Bansal, Nishikant Mishra, A. Prakash, Vikas Kumar

APPLYING LABELING ALGORITHM TO IMPROVE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 917 Kang-Ting Ma, Chi-Jen Lin, Ue-Pyng Wen

MANAGING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE EU FOOD INDUSTRY: THE HIGH LEVEL FORUM FOR A BETTER FUNCTIONING FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN ................................................................................................................................ 927 Birgit Oberer, Alptekin Erkollar

INVENTORY MODEL INVOLVING CONTROLLABLE LEAD TIME THROUGH NEW APPROACH..................................... 928 Saeed Poormoaied, Mohsen Dastpak

THE RESEARCH OF SUPPLIER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN A WASHING MACHINE FACTORY ................................................................................................................................................................................. 934 Ozcan Akcaoglu

AN INVESTIGATION EXPLORING THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF OUTSOURCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS IN THE INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY..................................................... 935 Horacio Soriano-Meier, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Jasdev Singh Lal, Luis Rocha-Lona

ANALYSIS OF PERMISSIBLE DELAY IN PAYMENT POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT........................................................................................................................................................................................... 944 Gede Agus Widyadana, Nyoman Sutapa

LOGISTICS ACTIVITIES MANAGEMENT IN THE EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE PHASE: A ROBUST OPTIMIZATION APPROACH ................................................................................................................................................................... 951 Mehdi Najafi, Kourosh Eshghi

MODELLING A TRACEABILITY SYSTEM FOR THE AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY: THE CASE OF FROZEN VEGETABLES. .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 962 Giovanni Mirabelli, Teresa Pizzuti, Fernando Gómez-González, Miguel Ángel Sanz-Bobi

ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MODEL: A CASE STUDY APPROACH ......................... 972 Bishwajit Banik Pathik, Musawer Tahsin Chowdhury, Md. Mamun Habib

A HEURISTIC BASED ON INTEGER PROGRAMMING FOR THE VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH BACKHAULS................................................................................................................................................................................................. 981 Gülçin Dinç Yalçn, Nihal Erginel

MULTI ITEM TWO STAGE EOQ MODEL FROM SINGLE SOURCE TO MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS UNDER VARYING FREIGHT POLICIES................................................................................................................................................ 990 Sandhya Makkar, P. C. Jha

SELECTING SUPPLIERS FOR BIOMASS SUPPLY NETWORKS WITH AN IFS - MULTI PERIODIC OPTIMIZATION METHOD...................................................................................................................................................................... 1001 Vassilis C. Gerogiannis, Vasiliki Kazantzi

IMPLEMENTATION OF SET PARTS SYSTEM IN MALAYSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY................................................ 1011 Rizauddin Ramli, Suhartini Mohd Jainury, Rizauddin Ramli, Mohd Nizam Abd Rahman, Jaharah Abd Ghani, Dzuraidah Abd Wahab, Azhari Omar

THE DYNAMIC DESIGN OF REVERSE LOGISTICS NETWORK WITH FUZZY INCENTIVE-DEPENDENT RETURN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1017 Farzad Dehghanian, Mohammad Asghari

EMERGENCY LOGISTICS FOR NATURAL DISASTERS: A STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH ...................... 1026 Rodrigo Garrido, Patricio Lamas

MODELING CAPACITY INVESTMENT UNDER COMPETITION USING GAME THEORY ................................................... 1027 Ilham Kissani, Youssef El Boukhari

INVENTORY CONTROL FOR DEFECTIVE GOODS SUPPLY CHAIN BY DETERMINATION OF PRODUCTION PERIOD LENGTH.......................................................................................................................................................... 1036 Salah Alden Ghashimi, Rizauddin Ramli, Jaharah A. Ghani, Nizaroyani Saibani, Isa Nakhai Kamalabadi

MULTI SOURCE - MULTIPLE DESTINATION EOQ MODEL FOR CONSTANT DETERIORATING ITEMS INCORPORATING QUANTITY AND FREIGHT DISCOUNT POLICIES ...................................................................................... 1042 Kanika Gandhi, P. C. Jha

DEVELOPING AN INDEX SYSTEM FOR SUPPLY CHAIN VAULE MEASUREMENT: ADOPTING A HOLISTIC VIEW ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1052 Seyedeh Fatemeh Golriz Gashti, Seyed Mohamad Seyed Hosseini, Mohamad Mohsen Sedighi

AN ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE COMPUTER MANUFACTURING SUPPLY NETWORK EVOLUTION IN COMPETITIVE MARKETS....................................................................................................................................... 1062 Selen Onel, Abe Zeid, Sagar Kamarthi

COLLABORATIVE SUPPLY CHAIN PRACTICES AND PROSPECT OF COMPANIES IN BANGLADESH. ........................ 1069 Md. Abdul Quddus, A. M. M. Nazmul Ahsan, Azizur Rahman

A REVIEW: DIFFERENT VIEWS OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 1079 Shahnaz Piroozfar, Reza Yaghini

INCORPORATING PRICE DECISIONS IN A PROFITABLE MULTIPLE-TOUR PROBLEM................................................... 1088 Amir Ahmadi Javid, Elahe Amiri

THE EVIDENTIAL REASONING APPROACH FOR SUPPLIERS PRIORITIZATION WITH GROUP-AHP WEIGHTS..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1093 Mahdi Massahi, Abolfazl Mirzazadeh, Amir Mirzadeh

CAR RECALLS: A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO TOYOTA OR FOR ALL CAR MAKERS?.............................................................. 1102 Kamrul Ahsan

DESIGN OF TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GREEN MARKETING SALES PERSONNEL ........................................................... 1112 Ashish Gadekar, P Gupta, Rimalini Gadekar, Sukumar Chaudhuri

SHIPMENT PLANNING, CAPACITY CONTRACTING, AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT IN THE AIR CARGO INDUSTRY: A LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 1113 Jeff Hoi Yan Yeung, Wen He

DETERMINING AND RANKING STRATEGIC ACTIONS TO IMPROVE LOGISTICS SERVICE USING THE FUZZY QFD ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1120 Frnoosh Saleh, Habibollah Javanmard, Masoud Najmi

CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF LOGISTICS CITY................................................................................................................................... 1131 Kamran Yeganegi, Elham Eivazi

A CASE STUDY ON SCM STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY BASED ON AS-IS AND TO-BE MODEL APPROACH............................................................................................................................................... 1138 Chanchal Saha, Md. Shafayet Hossain Bhuiya

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: CREATING LEARNING PROJECTS IN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1147 Emmanuel E. Ejim-Eze, Joe Amadi-Echendu

SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN CONSIDERING CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL ........................................................... 1148 Bilal Sisman

MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN TRACK RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY OPTIMIZATION APPLIED TO COMPOSITE MATERIAL OF RECYCLING PLASTIC WITH WOOD WASTE ................................................................................................................................... 1157 Javier Cruz-Salgado, Sergio Alonso-Romero, Victor Morales-Torres

IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS AND CRITICAL DIMENSIONS OF AN EFFEVTIVE MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM........................................................................................... 1165 Khaled Gad El Mola

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF RAPID PROTOTYPING SYSTEMS.............................................................................................. 1172 Khaled Gad El Mola

OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-PASS TURNING OPERATIONS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS .......................................... 1180 Amir Aryanfar, Maghsud Solimanpur

DESIGN EVALUATION OF MECHANICAL BRAKES AT SYSTEM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGE: A MADM APPROACH ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1189 Ankush Anand, Mohd. Farooq Wani

MULTI-OBJECTIVE MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR TIME AND SPACE ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEM .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1200 Maghsud Solimanpur, Behnaz Jaberi

AN INTEGRATED CAD/CAPP SYSTEM BASED ON STEP FEATURES ........................................................................................ 1208 Saleh Amaitik

A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ROBOT SELECTION BASED ON AXIOMATIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1217 Mehmet Cagatay Bahadir, Sule Satoglu

TENSILE AND FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF LOWER-LIMB PROSTHETIC SOCKET MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1227 Payman Ahmed, Jawad Kadhim, Kahtan Al-Khazraji

EFFECT OF GRAIN REFINING ALUMINUM BY TITANIUM OR TITANIUM PLUS BORON ON ITS WELDABILITY USING GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING .............................................................................................................. 1237 Adnan Zaid, Safwan Al Qawabah

OPTIMAL CUTTING PARAMETERS FOR TURNING OPERATIONS WITH COSTS OF QUALITY AND TOOL WEAR COMPENSATION............................................................................................................................................................. 1245 Tamer Abdelmaguid, Tarek El-Hossainy

PREFERENCE EXTRACTION FROM EEG: AN APPROACH TO AESTHETIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT..................... 1254 Golam Mm Aurup, Ali Akgunduz

PRINCIPLES OF ROBUST DESIGN ....................................................................................................................................................... 1263 Nicolo Belavendram

A TWO-STAGE SOLUTION APPROACH BASED ON MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING FOR DESIGNING MANUFACTURING CELLS ............................................................................................................................................. 1273 Maghsud Solimanpur, Ahad Foroughi

METAHEURISTIC APPROACHES FOR THE ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEM .................................................... 1280 Adil Baykasoglu, Sebnem Demirkol Akyol

STUDY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL POLISHING APPLICATIONS IN SOME ALLOYS TO OBTAIN HIGH SURFACE FINISH ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1289 Hussein Yousife, Niveen Abdalkahder

IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................... 1296 Ghulam Yasin Shaikh, H. B. Marri, R. A. Sohag, M. Aslam Uqaili, Shaheen Aziz, Shakeel Shaikh

A SIZE-BED WHEELCHAIR DESIGN WITH SCALED PROTOTYPE ........................................................................................... 1305 Khalid Bin Hasnan, Luhur Budi Saesar

PRIORITIZATION OF CONCURRENT DESIGN STRATEGIES USING THE MULTI-CRITERIA DECISIONMAKING APPROACH ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1315 Masoud Pourhamidi

OPTIMIZATION OF THE EDM PARAMETERS ON THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF AISI D3 TOOL STEEL ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1325 Othman Belgasim, Abdurrahman Abusada

PULL-OUT RESPONSE OF A STEEL POST INSERTED IN BOVINE BONE: FIXATION OF KNEE PROSTHESIS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1333 Maher Dammak, Khaled Gammoudi, Mohamed Kharrat

PRODUCT TRACEABILITY INFORMATION: AN APPROACH FOR INFORMATION LINKING ......................................... 1334 Matteo Savino, Antonio Mazza

THREE-LEVEL SERVICE CONTRACT BETWEEN MANUFACTURER, AGENT AND CUSTOMER (GAME THEORY APPROACH).............................................................................................................................................................................. 1344 Nafiseh Shamsi Gamchi, Maryam Esmaeili, Mohammad Ali-Saniee Monfared

A CROSS ENTROPY-GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH FOR MULTI OBJECTIVE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM........................................................................................................................................................................ 1352 Budi Santosa, Liliek Nurkhalida

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PLATINUM NANOPHASE CATALYST COMPOSITE ELECTRODE USING THE ECO-INDICATOR 99 METHODOLOGY.............................................................................................. 1362 Junior Mabiza, Charles Mbohwa, Michael Mutingi

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING ON FW4 WELD METAL............................. 1372 M. R. Shabgard, Ramin Mohammad Shotorbani, Seied Hadi Alenabi

REVITALISING THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES THROUGH CIM.................................................................................. 1382 S. M. Bhosle, A. H. Kolekar, P. D. Darade

MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY : FORD APPROACH .................................................................................... 1389 Teslime Arikan

LOCAL CONTENT POLICY IN NIGERIA: THE NEED FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING ............................................. 1390 Emmanuel E. Ejim-Eze, Joe Amadi-Echendu

THE PATCH SHAPE EFFECTS ON THE PERFORMANCES OF BONDED COMPOSITE REPAIR IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1391 Mhamdia Rachid, B. Bachir Bouiadjra, B. Serier, M. Belhouari, B. Bachir Bouiadjra

A TIME BASED APPROACH FOR DESIGNING CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ................................................ 1401 Nabeel Mandahawi, Adnan M. Mukattash, Naser M. A. Jaber

OPTIMAL PRODUCT DESIGN OF WHEAT STRAW POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES........................................................ 1408 Ali Elkamel, Rois Fatoni, Leonardo Simon, Hedia Fgaier

ENERGY TRACK APPLICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN URBAN PLANNING .................................. 1419 Kamran Yeganegi, Zahra Moradi Node

THE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM YAZD REGIONAL ELECTRICITY COMPANY IN IRAN...................................................................................... 1432 Hossein Dastkhan, Mohammad Saleh Owlia

DESIGNS OF SOME LOW POWER RENEWABLE ENERGIES INSTALLATIONS..................................................................... 1441 Kh. S. Karimov, Muhammad Abid, S. U. Umarov

A CLUSTERING APPROACH TO ANALYZE THE WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL OF MARDIN ............................................ 1450 Fadime Üney-Yüksektepe

FEASIBILITY STUDY OF WIND-SOLAR POWERED FARM IRRIGATION SYSTEM: CASE STUDY .................................. 1451 Mohammad Abaiy Shoushtary

THREE MULTIPLE CRITERIA MODELS FOR POWER GENERATION EXPANSION PLANNING: A REVIEW........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1452 Abu Masud, M. Bayram Yildirim

ANALYSIS OF RESOURCE PROFILE AND CO2 EMISSIONS OF THE ELECTRICITY GENERATION SECTOR IN TURKEY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A MARKAL BASED BOTTOM-UP NATIONAL ENERGY MODEL....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1458 Ilhan Or, K. Busra Yilmazer

NATURAL GAS PURCHASE COMMITMENT FOR SHORT TERM CONTRACTS UNDER TAKE-OR-PAY CONSTRAINT AND DEMAND UNCERTAINTY ................................................................................................................................. 1459 Ahmet Yucekaya

OPTION PRICING FOR ELECTRICITY COMMODITY IN TURKISH POWER MARKET....................................................... 1460 Ahmet Yucekaya, Zeki Ayag, Funda Samanlioglu

A SYSTEM DESIGN FOR BIOMASS TO ENERGY CONVERSION PLANTS................................................................................ 1467 Sebnem Yilmaz, Hasan Selim

FORECASTING ELECTRICITY DEMAND USING DYNAMIC ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODEL ..................... 1468 Mohammad Y. El-Sharkh, Mohammad Anwar Rahman

THE ALGERIAN CHALLENGE BETWEEN THE TRUST HYDROCARBONS AND ITS HUGE POTENTIAL IN RENEWABLE ENERGIES................................................................................................................................................................... 1472 Djalel Dib, Bendakir A. Hakim, Metatla Sami

A NEW COMBINED ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR ENERGY MINIMIZATION IN PIPELINE OPERATIONS ............................................................................. 1473 A. Chebouba, H. Meglouli

INTEGRATION OF MULTI-PERIOD OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL STRATEGY CONSIDERING PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES PENETRATION........................................................................................................................................................................................... 1474 Lena Ahmadi, Ali Elkamel, Eric Croiset, Peter Douglas, Evgueniy Entchev

THE EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON THE HUMAN BODY ............................................................................................... 1487 Abdellah Ouazani, Idir Habi, Khellassi Abdelmadjid

THE ALGERIAN CHALLENGE BETWEEN THE TRUST HYDROCARBONS AND ITS HUGE POTENTIAL IN RENEWABLE ENERGIES................................................................................................................................................................... 1488 Djalel Dib, Bendakir A. Hakim, Metatla Sami

PROBLEMS OF THE LOSSES OF CIRCULATION ON THE GROUND SURFACE CASE ......................................................... 1489 Abdelhak Bentriou

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRACK MULTIPLE ROBOT MOTION PLANNING USING VORONOI DIAGRAM AND TABU SEARCH........................................... 1490 Mohammad Abaiy Shoushtary

GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR UNIVERSITY TIMETABLE PLANNING IN FTI.......................................................................... 1491 Dedy Suryadi, Rizaldy Pilipus

AN ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM APPROACH FOR FLEXIBLE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM........................ 1500 Aydin Sipahioglu, Alper Aladag

A VIRAL SYSTEMS ALGORITHM FOR THE TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM ............................................................... 1507 Dedy Suryadi, Yoana Valois, Maryska Kandi

SEGMENTATION ANALYSIS WITH SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS ................................................................................................. 1513 Dicle Tosunlar, Umut Asan

ASSESSING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SECTOR: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1514 Oludolapo Olanrewaju, Adisa Jimoh, Pulek Kholopane

A SENTIMENT ANALYSIS AS A TOOL TO IDENTIFY THE STATUS OF UNIVERSITIES: THE CASE OF ITU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1521 Mine Isik, Basar Oztaysi, Kubra Fenerci

APPLICATION OF DATA MINING TECHNIQUES IN DRUG CONSUMPTION FORECASTING TO HELP PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PRODUCTION PLANNING........................................................................................................ 1530 Rouzbeh Ghousi, Saharnaz Mehrani, Morteza Momeni, Sina Anjomshoaa

OPTIMIZING THE ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN PROBLEM....................................................................................................................................... 1536 Ayse Hande Erol, Merve Er, Serol Bulkan

TREE-BASED DATA AGGREGATION ALGORITHMS IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS: A SURVEY ........................ 1543 Mohammad Abdus Salam, Tanjima Ferdous

FUZZY OPTIMAL MODELS FOR GAS RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT: CASE OF SARAJEH GAS FIELD (SGF).............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1551 Nooshin Jabbari, Mohd Hamdi, Amir Naser Akhavan

GENETIC ALGORITHMS IN SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 1562 Zahira Benkhellat, Ali Belmehdi

COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TRACK QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF REMOTE SENSING DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING................................................................. 1568 Elif Aydin

STUDY OF ACCESS CONTROL ISSUE FOR WEB SERVICES........................................................................................................ 1569 Hadiseh Seyyed Alipour, Mehdi Sabbari

IMPACT OF AWARENESS FOR THE CAPABILITY OF THE END LEVEL USERS IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT: BANGLADESH ASPECTS ........................................................................................................................................ 1579 S. M. Tofayel Ahmad, Muhammad Shakil Pervez, Tania Sultana, Rownak Chowdhury, S. M. Arifuzzaman

A SURVEY ON THE E-GOVERNMENT BUSINESS MODEL REGARDING VALUE CREATION APPROACH.................... 1589 Ahmad Sarani, Mehdi Tehranipoor

DESIGNING CRM SOFTWARE FOR PASSENGER TRAINS SYSTEM.......................................................................................... 1593 Farshid Karimi, Mohammadsadegh Saremi

PROPOSAL ON GIS IMPLEMENTATION IN RESOLVING URBAN ROAD TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEMS IN TIRANA: A CASE ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................................... 1594 Medjon Hysenaj, Eqerem Arkaxhiu

DEFINITION OF ACTION AND ATTRIBUTE BASED ACCESS CONTROL RULES FOR WEB SERVICES ......................... 1595 Hadiseh Seyyed Alipour, Mehdi Sabbari

EFFECT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON HUMAN RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY OF IRANIAN NATIONAL OIL COMPANY .......................................................................................................... 1605 Mohammad Abaiy Shoushtary, Amir Asgary Zadeh, Mohammad Ali Vahdat-Zad

AUTOMATIC NEW TOPIC IDENTIFICATION IN SEARCH ENGINE TRANSACTION LOG USING GOAL PROGRAMMING........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1611 Fatih Cavdur, Seda Özmutlu, Huseyin Cenk Özmutlu, Duygu Ylmaz Erolu, Burcu Caglar Gencosman

IMPACT OF IMPROVING PERFORMANCE IN VIRTUAL DATA WHAREHOUSE................................................................... 1619 Asadullah Hanif, Shahid Sheikh

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DIGITAL STRATEGY IN IRIB-YAZD USING THE BALANCED SCORECARD MODEL............................................................................................................................................................................... 1620 Majid Hoboubati, Mohammad Saleh Owlia, Mohamad Ali Vahdatzad, Hasan Hoseininasab

REALIZATION OF AN AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKER FOR A CONCENTRATOR .............................................................. 1621 Malika Yaici, Soraya Tighidet

MODELING AND SIMULATION TRACK ASSEMBLY LINE: NEW MODELLING AND SIMULATION ........................................................................................................... 1622 Abdul Talib Bon, Umol Syamsyul Rakiman

CYCLE TIME ANALYSIS AT WET STATIONS................................................................................................................................... 1627 Anna Rotondo, Paul Young, John Geraghty

INTELLIGENT APPROACH TO SIMULATION SOFTWARE EVALUATION ............................................................................. 1637 Zeki Ayag, Funda Samanlioglu, Ahmet Yucekaya

SYSTEMS DYNAMICS APPLICATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 1647 Zeynep Ocak

A MODEL FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF PRODUCED WATER RE-INJECTION SCHEME IN A NON FRESH WATER AQUIFER. ............................................................................................................................................................ 1655 Peter Idialu, Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, Kingsley Abhulimen

USING DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION TO MODEL SMELTING PROCESS WITH COMPLEX CONSTRAINS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1656 Rassoul Noorossana, Hamidreza Izadbakhsh, A. Moeni, A. Rahimi, M. Memarzadeh, A. Mortezavi

MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION FOR BEAM SHAPING ASSEMBLY OF BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1665 Farshad Faghihi

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SEMANTIC WEB SERVICES COMPOSITION......................................................................... 1675 Hassina Nacer Talantikite, Djamil Aissani, Karima Adel-Aissanou

SINERGY AMONG ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES TO SIMULATE A SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEM................................... 1676 Diego José Gomez Montoya

SIMULATION AND DETERMINATION OF THE LAWS CONTROL OF THE SRM FOR THE INTEGRATED STARTER GENERATOR APPLICATION ............................................................................................................................................. 1686 M. Boudouda, F. Naceri, S. Belkacem

LONG-TERM FORECASTING OF ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS: A CASE STUDY IN IRAN ................................................................................................................................................ 1696 Morteza Giahi, Hamid Bazargan, Masoud Rashidinejad

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF TRANSFER LINES WITH UNRELIABLE TRANSFER MECHANISM AND NON-NEGLIGIBLE TRANSFER TIMES...................................................................................................................................... 1701 Karem Dhouib, Ali Gharbi, Houda Abdelwahed

DETERMINING OPTIMUM NUMBER OF KANBANS FOR WORKSTATIONS IN A KANBAN-BASED MANUFACTURING LINE USING DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION: A CASE STUDY .......................................................... 1711 Mohsen Yousefi, Saeed Hosseinioun, Firoozeh Taghikhah

A SIMULATION STUDY OF LOT FLOW CONTROL IN WAFER FABRICATION FACILITIES............................................. 1720 Ingy A. El-Khouly, Khaled El-Kilany, Paul Young

CNG REFUELING STATION DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTRA AND INTERCITY NETWORKS: A CHALLENGE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT GREEN HIGHWAY ...................................................................................................... 1730 Abul Mukid Mohammad Mukaddes, Nazi Faisal Ahmed Choudhury, Mohammad Khadem, Ahad Ali

A TRUNCATION IN THE OVERFLOW MODEL................................................................................................................................. 1738 Karima Adel-Aissanou, Karim Abbas, Djamil Aissani

COMPARISON OF FITTING METHODS FOR THE GENERALIZED LAMBDA DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED FITTING METHODS ................................................................................................................... 1739 Melike Meterelliyoz Kuyzu, Canan Gunes Corlu

STOCHASTIC DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF A TELEPHONE CALL CENTER........................................................ 1740 Mohammed Saeed Shafae, Mohammed Hamdy Elwany, Mohammed Nashat Fors, Yasmine Abouelseoud

THE EFFECT OF THERMAL RESIDUAL STRESSES ON THE PERFORMANCES OF BONDED COMPOSITE REPAIRS IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES ..................................................................................................................... 1750 Rachid Mhamdia, B. Bachir Bouiajra, B. Serier, M. Belhouari, B. Bachir Bouiadjra

FUZZY SLIDING MODE SPEED CONTROLLER DESIGN OF INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES............................................... 1760 F. Naceri T. Laamayad, S. Belkacem, M. Benbrahim

MODELING A REAL-WORLD UNIVERSITY TIMETABLING PROBLEM .................................................................................. 1770 Mohsen Bagheri

STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING: SOFTWARE COMPARATIVE REVIEW .................................................................. 1771 Shahryar Sorooshian, Ali Reza Afshari

STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING: SAMPLE SIZE APPROACH ........................................................................................ 1772 Shahryar Sorooshian, Meysam Salimi

SIMULATION OF DYSFUNCTION OF A COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL PROCESS .......................................................................... 1773 Nouara Ouazraoui, Mouloud Bourareche, Rachid Nait-Said, Hafad Touahar

CASE STUDIES TRACK STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR PROMOTING PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF R & D ORGANIZATION; A CASE STUDY IN NATIONAL IRANIAN GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES ................................................... 1774 Ali Massaeli

DETERMINATION OF COSTS RESULTING FROM MANUFACTURING LOSSES: AN INVESTIGATION IN WHITE DURABLES INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................................................. 1775 Izlem Tekin, Sitki Gozlu

EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PROPORTION: CASE STUDY - NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1785 Mohammad Abaiy Shoushtary, Amir Asgary Zadeh, Mohamad Ali Vahdatzad

A SEQUENCE PATTERN MATCHING APPROACH TO SHOPPING PATH CLUSTERING ..................................................... 1786 In-Chul Jung, Young S. Kwon, Yung-Seop Lee

FUZZY MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING MODEL FOR PRIORITIZING THE INVESTMENT METHODS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN SHIPPING INDUSTRIES ..................................................................................... 1795 Reza Radfar, Leila Ebrahimi

VOLUME 3 A CROSS ENTROPY-GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH FOR MULTI OBJECTIVE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM........................................................................................................................................................................ 1805 Budi Santosa, Liliek Nurkhalida

APPLICATION OF DATA MINING TECHNIQUES IN DEVELOPMENT OF CRM STRATEGIES BASED ON CUSTOMER VALUE: HOME APPLIANCES CASE STUDY FINDINGS......................................................................................... 1815 Seyedeh Fatemeh Golriz Gashti, Seyed Mohamad Seyed Hosseini, Taha Mokfi

EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF CYCLE TIME REDUCTION IN A MANUFACTURING UNIT: A CASE STUDY........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1816 Dattatraya Bhise

FORECASTING NOKIA SALE BY ADAPTIVE NEURO FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS (ANFIS) ......................................... 1817 Maryam Esmaeili, Paria Fakhrzad, Mojdeh Hassanzadeh

A STUDY ON RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AT JEDDAH MUNICIPALITY: A CASE STUDY OF AUTOMATING THE CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING SYSTEM................................................................................................. 1825 Mostafa Fawzy

DESIGN OF COMPLEX AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF INDUSTRY .................................................................................................................................................................... 1835 Gulnara Abitova, Vladimir Nikulin, Mamirbek Beisenbi

ARCHITECTURE AS AN ORGANISM................................................................................................................................................... 1836 Mansour Yeganeh, M. R. Bemanian, M. Ansari

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EVALUATE COMPANIES’ PERFORMANCES ....................................................... 1847 Kevin Tran

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS FUNCTIONAL FOODS IN ISTANBUL.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1853 Sena Bilgic, Alev Yüksel

APPLICATION OF FAILURE ANALYSIS – A CASE STUDY IN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY .......................................... 1864 Siew Hong Ding, Nur Amalina Muhammad, Noor Hanisah Zulkurnaini, Amanina Nadia Khaider, Shahrul Kamaruddin

PROBLEMS OF THE LOSSES OF CIRCULATION ON THE SURFACE STUDY OF A CASE HASSI MESSAOUD ALGERIA.............................................................................................................................................................................. 1870 Abdelhak Bentriou

LEAN AND SIX SIGMA TRACK APPLYING LEAN SIX SIGMA IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1871 Grace Kanakana, Bernard Van Wyk, Jan Harm Pretorius

A LEAN SCHEME FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE ROUTING OPERATIONS ................................................................................ 1881 Bernardo Villarreal, Mayte Sañudo, Arminda Vega, Elsa Garza, Santiago Macias

A CASE STUDY OF DEFECTS REDUCTION IN A RUBBER GLOVES MANUFACTURING PROCESS BY APPLYING SIX SIGMA PRINCIPLES AND DMAIC PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGY ............................................... 1890 Ploytip Jirasukprasert, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Horacio Soriano-Meier, Luis Rocha-Lona

CASE STUDY: IMPROVING PRODUCTION PLANNING IN STEEL INDUSTRY IN LIGHT OF LEAN PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1900 Sameh Fahmi, Tamer Abdelwahab

PART AND INVENTORY CONTROL ANALYSIS USING PLAN OF EVERY PART CONCEPT "A CASE STUDY AT ELBA, INC., USA" ................................................................................................................................................................. 1909 Abdelhakim Abdelhadi, Hamid Seifoddini, Mohammed Almomani

IMPLEMENTING LEAN METHODOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS - A CASE STUDY ............................................. 1917 Joseph Chen, Chaitanya Thota

APPLICATION OF LEAN MANUFACTURING TOOLS FOR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY..................... 1926 Rubayet Karim, Chowdury M L Rahman

CHALLENGES OF LEAN MANUFACTURING IMPLEMENTATION: A HIERARCHICAL MODEL ..................................... 1936 Albert Chong Hooi Cheah, Wai Peng Wong, Qiang Deng

INTRODUCTION OF LEAN SIX SIGMA PRINCIPLES INTO PLANT MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER CYCLE TIME .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1945 Abdullah Dhafer

RFID- ENABLED DYNAMIC VALUE STREAM MAPPING .............................................................................................................. 1953 Muawia Ramadan, Israa Al Karmi, Bernd Noche

STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE MINUTE EXCHANGE OF DIE (SMED) METHODOLOGY IN A SETUP REDUCTION KAIZEN ....................................................................................................................................................... 1963 Silvia Pellegrini, Devdas Shetty, Louis Manzione

SIMULATION OF DYSFUNCTION OF A COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL PROCESS .......................................................................... 1974 Nouara Ouazraoui, Mouloud Bourareche, Rachid Nait Said, Hafed Touahar

DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA (DFSS) AS A PROACTIVE BUSINESS PROCESS................................................................................ 1975 Daw Alwerfalli, Trevor Lash

LEAN MANUFACTURING DESIGN FOR FISHING NET PRODUCTION SYSTEM.................................................................... 1985 Yiyo Kuo, Taho Yang, Chiung-Hsi Hsieh, Vincent C. Li

CYCLE TIME REDUCTION USING LEAN SIX SIGMA IN BIOPHARMACUETICAL INDUSTRY......................................... 1991 Jaharah A. Ghani, Abdullah Ismail, Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman, Rizauddin Ramli, Che Hassan Che Haron

WEIGHT VARIATION REDUCTION FOR BABY LIDO PRODUCTS THROUGH SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY AND TOOLS .............................................................................................................................................................. 1992 Nabeel Mandahawi, Adnan M. Mukattash, Suleiman Obeidat

ENGINEERING – PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRACK THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DELPHI METHOD FOR ELICITING CRITERIA IN PROJECT MANAGER SELECTION................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1997 Ali Reza Afshari, Rosnah Mohd Yusuff

ANGULAR FUZZY MODEL FOR PROJECTS DELAY ...................................................................................................................... 2006 Ali Reza Afshari

SELECTION OF OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE POLICY BY USING FUZZY MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHOD.................................................................................................................................................................................... 2015 Siew Hong Ding, Shahrul Kamaruddin

AN APPLICATION OF FUZZY NUMBERS IN QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING METHOD WITH MCDM ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2024 Hasan Hosseini Nasab

SUB-CONTRACTOR SELECTION IN GENERAL CONTRACTOR ORGANIZATIONS USING INTERVALVALUED FUZZY......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2032 Hassan Hadipour, Roozbeh Azizmohammadi, Abbas Mahmoudabadi

THE APPLICATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT INTO THE VALUE ENGINEERING ............................................................... 2040 Amin Safari, Ali Mostafaeipour, Razieh Yousefi

IMPLEMENTING LEAN MANUFACTURING STRATEGY AT YOUR ORGANIZATION......................................................... 2041 Daw Alwerfalli, Badih Jawad

ENTRENCHING STRATEGIC COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP!............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2048 S. Asiya, Z. Kazmi, Josu Takala

RESOURCE LEVELING IN FUZZY PROJECT SCHEDULING ....................................................................................................... 2058 Mohsen Bagheri, S. Hessam Mahmoudi

DYNAMIC RESOURCE CONSTRAINED MULTI-PROJECT SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH WEIGHTED EARLINESS/TARDINESS COSTS ........................................................................................................................................................... 2066 Gunduz Ulusoy, Berke Pamay, Kerem Bulbul

AN OVERVIEW OF AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT................................................................................................................... 2067 T. Sethilkumar, R. Benruben, T. Sakthirajan, N. M. Sivaram

PROJECT PRICE MODELING BY OPTIMAL FIXED PRICE INCENTIVE CONTRACT .......................................................... 2076 Kamrul Ahsan, Hiroaki Matsukawa

QUALITY CIRCLE: AN APPROACH TO SOLVE INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS, A CASE STUDY ...................................... 2086 Mohan Khond, Swapnil C. Devatwal, Hanumant J. Gorade

AUDIT BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT USING A COMBINATION OF VALUE ENGINEERING AND DATA MINING ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2096 Farhad Ebrahimian

HRIS - SMART `KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT` SOLUTION - PLUGGING IT LEADERSHIP INTO INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT! .............................................................................................................................................................. 2097 Asiya Kazmi, Z. Kazmi

THE EFFECT OF IT ON ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY .................................................................................................................. 2107 Kamran Yeganegi, Mohammad Azar

DESIGN OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 2115 Sarah Safaeian, Kamran Yeganegi

THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF EFFICACY OF PROFESSIONAL ETHIC ON MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONAL PROJECTS IN IRAN........................................................................................................................................... 2122 Morteza Baghbani, Davood Navabi Asl

THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HARMFULNESS OF THE DEFECTS IN OIL PIPES ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2123 Medjadji Bachir

ANALYSIS OF HYDROGEN ECONOMY FOR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL VEHICLES IN ONTARIO .................................... 2124 Ali Almansoori, Hui Liu, Ali Elkamel, Mike Fowler

PROJECT MANAGEMENT USING COST SIGNIFICANT ITEMS AND NEURAL NETWORK................................................ 2135 Bouabaz Mohamed, Belachia Mouloud, Mordjaoui Moulrad

ENGINEERING EDUCATION TRACK STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR PROMOTING PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF R&D ORGANIZATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE NATIONAL IRANIAN GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES.......................................... 2143 Ali Massaeli

ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS FACTORS FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES IN IRAN USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS TECHNIQUE: CASE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ............................................................................................ 2152 Ali Moslemini, Mohammad Saleh Owlia

DOE IN SOLVING INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM: CASE STUDY IN THE APPLICATION OF TAGUCHI METHOD IN RIVETING PROCESS ....................................................................................................................................................... 2153 Jaharah A. Ghani, Haris Jamaluddin, Rizauddin Ramli, Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman, Baba Md Deros, Che Hassan Che Haron

INDIAN CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ........................................... 2163 Seema Singh

EVALUATION AND STUDENT PERCEPTION OF AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED DESIGN COLLABORATION .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2171 Chih-Hsiang Ko, Ting-Chia Chang

ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET AT LAWRENCE TECH..................................... 2177 Don Reimer, Ahad Ali

COMPUTER-AIDED PROCESS SIMULATION MODULES IN CHE EDUCATION ..................................................................... 2178 Ali Almansoori, Ali Elkamel, Salah Abu Yahya

E-BUSINESS AND E-COMMERCE TRACK STRATEGY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS SUCCESS ................................................................................................................. 2187 Damiebi Denni-Fiberesima, Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani

DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL TIME ONLINE PROCUREMENT METHOD TO REDUCE COST AND TIME IN BUSINESS FOR CENTRAL BANK OF BANGLADESH ................................................................................................................ 2195 S. M. Tofayel Ahmad, Mohammad Rahat Uddin, Munira Jahan, Tania Sultana

E-COMMERCE ADOPTION OF HOTELS IN TURKEY..................................................................................................................... 2205 Fethi Calisir, Ayse Elvan Bayraktaroglu, Cigdem Altin Gumussoy, Eser Esirgen

HOW READY ARE ORGANIZATIONS TO ADOPT WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? ............................................... 2212 Mahda Garmaki, Nazanin Pilevari

ONLINE FINANCIAL SERVICES CUSTOMERS: ARE THEY LOYAL? ........................................................................................ 2220 Riadh Ladhari, André Leclerc

THE IMPACT OF CUSTOMER WINNING ATTITUDE ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY WITHIN KSA MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY .................................................................................................................................................. 2221 Aftab Alam, Mairaj Salim

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: A 10-YEAR SURVEY .............................................................................................. 2232 Alireza Sheikhzadeh, Hamed Heidari

DEVELOPING AN E-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON SUCCESS FACTORS INTERRELATIONSHIP............................................................................................................................................................................. 2242 Shahryar Sorooshian, Meysam Salimi

RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE TRACK A MULTI-CRITERION DECISION-MAKING ON PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.................................................................... 2243 Elahe Faghihinia, N. Mollaverdi

RELIABILITY ASPECTS IN Z-PINNED CO-CURED COMPOSITES.............................................................................................. 2252 Som Soni, Mohamed Al-Romaihi, Joseph Wirthlin, Adedeji Badiru, Stephen Clay

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING.................................................................................................................................. 2253 Abdulnasir Werfalli

STATISTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF INPUT PARAMETERS ON THE DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY OF WORKPIECE IN EDM ................................................................................................................. 2254 M. R. Shabgard, Rasol Abaspour, Mirsadegh Seyedzavvar

MAINTENANCE MODELING FOR FUEL DISPENSERS IN A CHAIN OF GAS STATIONS ..................................................... 2264 Mehmet Savsar

EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING: A CASE STUDY .......................................................................... 2273 Hasnida Abdul Samat, Livendran Nair Jeikumar, Ernnie Illyani Basri, Nurul Aida Harun, Shahrul Kamaruddin

ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF MACHINE TOOL HEALTH USING TRANSMITTED SOUND................................................ 2282 Valerie Cook

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TIME - OPTIMAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ................................................................ 2291 Abdulnasir Werfalli

RELIABILITY AND STUDY FOR A MECHANISM AIDED BY ASYNCHRONOUS ACTUATOR POWERED BY ASYNCHRONOUS DIESEL GENERATOR..................................................................................................................................... 2292 H. Meglouli, A. Chebouba, Y. Naoui

APPLICATION OF QUALITY TOOLS FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS IN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS OF INDUSTRIAL BENCH DRILL PRESSES - A CASE STUDY IN A FARM HARVESTER FACTORY ......................................... 2293 Marjorie Belinelli, Emerson Kaminski, Gilberto Souza, Erick Portugal

PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE ALGERIANS REFINERIES....................................................................................................................................................................... 2303 Amar Benmounah, Hachemi Tayeb

MULTI-COMPONENT PREVENTITIVE MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON AVAILABILITY .......................... 2312 Mohammad Doostparast

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS TRACK A SINGLE-ITEM CONTINUOUS REVIEW INVENTORY SYSTEM WITH DECISION VARIABLE LEADTIME AND STOCHASTIC DEMAND ..................................................................................................................................................... 2313 Serap Akcan, Ali Kokangul

DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF TRAUMA SURGEONS DURING THE GOLDEN HOUR ............................................. 2314 Eui Park, Policarpo Demattos, Daniel Miller

IMPLEMENTATION OF SIX SIGMA ON CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE- CASE STUDY AT THE DIRECTORATE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING IN THE JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH................................... 2315 Adnan Bashir, Akram Al-Tawarah

EFFECTS OF SERVICE QUALITY DIMENSIONS ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND RETURN INTENTION IN DIFFERENT HOSPITAL TYPES................................................................................................................................ 2324 Fethi Calisir, Cigdem Altin Gumussoy, Ayse Elvan Bayraktaroglu, Burcu Kaya

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WITHIN THE UT HEALTH INSTITUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2329 Victoria Jordan, Leslie Carruth

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE TO EVALUATE INDIAN RURAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS- AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ................................................................................................................................................. 2339 G. M. Satyanarayana, H. V. Ramakrishna, C. T. Jayadeva

A NON TRADITIONAL VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY: A SERVICE ORIENTED BASED SUPPLY CHAIN MODELING IN HEALTH-SERVICES...................................................................................................................................... 2344 Sultan N. Turhan, Ozalp Vayvay

CHARACTERIZATION OF HEALTHCARE MASS CUSTOMIZATION ........................................................................................ 2354 Ilke Boyaci, Abe Zeid, Sagar Kamarthi

DEVELOPING A SAFETY INDEX USING FMEA................................................................................................................................ 2359 Mohammad Abdolshah

DESIGNING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR QUALITY MEASUREMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN OF EHEALTH CARE SERVICES ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2369 Reza Kazemzadeh, F. Firouzi Jahantigh

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF LISTERIA OVERGROWTH PHENOMENA ....................................................................... 2374 Hedia Fgaier, Herman Eberl

OPTIMAL BUDGET ALLOCATION OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCES FOR END STAGE RENAL DISEASE .................... 2375 Yu-Fan Chen, Ue-Pyng Wen

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRACK A FRAMEWORK OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CORPORATE AND SERVICE ORGANIZATION ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2384 K. Sharif

A UNIFIED MODEL FOR OPTIMIZING INVENTORY DECISIONS IN A CENTRALIZED OR DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAIN COMPRISING A VENDOR WITHOUT/WITH LOT STREAMING AND A BUYER WITH A FIXED RATIO OF PARTIAL BACKORDERS................................................................................................... 2394 Nit-Nam Francis Leung

SERVICE LEVEL WITHIN AN INTEGRATED MODEL FOR WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY PLANNING .................... 2411 Ömer Faruk Yilmaz, Murat Baskak, Hikmet Erbiyik, Aysenur Budak

MULTI-ITEM EOQ CALCULATION IN PRESENCE OF WAREHOUSE CONSTRAINTS: A SIMULATIVE ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2420 Salvatore Miranda, Raffaele Iannone, Stefano Riemma

AN OPTIMAL INVENTORY CONTROL PLANNING FOR AN INDIAN INDUSTRY: AN ANALYSIS..................................... 2421 K. Sharif

NON-TRADITIONAL INVENTORY MODELS UNDER STOCHASTIC DEMAND ....................................................................... 2431 Russell King, Don Warsing, James Lavin, Nils Buch, Semra Sebnem Ahiska

VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY IMPLEMENTATION IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ........................................................ 2432 Ayesha Binlootah, Balan Sundarakani

AN OPTIMAL PRODUCTION-INVENTORY MODEL FOR DETERIORATING ITEMS WITH MULTIPLEMARKET DEMAND UNDER BACKLOGGING ................................................................................................................................... 2445 S. M. Sajadifar, M. Hashempour

A MODEL FOR OPTIMIZING THE MULTI-ITEM AGGREGATED ORDER QUANTITY IN A TWO-LEVEL SUPPLY CHAIN: CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED PERSPECTIVE ............................................................................... 2454 A. M. M. Nazmul Ahsan, Md. Abdul Quddus, Nazma Sultana

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS TRACK GUERILLA TRANSFORMATION - CHANGE AN INSURGENCY INTO A MOVEMENT.......................................................... 2460 Joseph Paris

WERA TOOL FOR ASSESSING EXPOSURE RISK FACTORS OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: A RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY STUDY .................................................................................................................. 2461 Mohd Nasrull Abdol Rahman, Mat Rebi Abdul Rani, Jafri Mohd Rohani

PHYSICAL AND INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS USABILITY EVALUATION METHOD .............................................................. 2470 Reem Alkadeem

EVALUATING PHYSICAL DEMAND OF PALLETIZING - DEPALLETIZING TASKS: AN APPLICATION IN A SOFT DRINK COMPANY................................................................................................................................................................ 2478 Farag Elfeituri, Abdulmonem Hammouda

AN ANTHROPOMETRIC COMPUTER WORKSTATION DESIGN TO REDUCE PERCEIVED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISCOMFORT ................................................................................................................................................. 2488 Kemal Lale, Orhan Korhan

EFFECT OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG ENGINEERING WORKSHOP TRAINEES.................................................. 2495 Bahador Keshvari, Matrebi Abdulrani

A HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR AUGMENTED REALITY SIMULATOR FOR OPERATOR TRAINING ................................ 2503 Joseph Akyeakmpong, Silvanus Udoka, Eui Park

WESTINGHOUSE METHOD ORIENTED FUZZY RULE BASED TEMPO RATING APPROACH........................................... 2511 Emre Cevikcan, Huseyin Selcuk Kilic, Selim Zaim

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STANDING HEIGHT AND POPLITEAL HEIGHT......................................................................... 2519 Salami O. Ismaila, Olusegun G. Akanbi, Kolawole T. Oriolowo

CARDIOVASCULAR STRAIN OF BRICKLAYING JOBS IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA...................................................... 2523 Olasunkanmi S. Ismaila, Kolawole T. Oriolowo, Olusegun G. Akanbi

A RESTORATIVE SAFETY MODEL FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES....................................................................... 2528 Md. Anisul Islam, Mohammad Khadem

SONOGRAPHERS’ WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENT: ERGONOMICS EVALUATION USING MODELLING AND SIMULATION SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................................ 2535 Enrico Bertoloni, Marco Fenaroli, Filippo Marciano, Diana Rossi, Paolo Cabassa

FACILITIES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TRACK ROBUST OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR THE CAPACITATED FACILITY LOCATION AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEM...................................................................................................................... 2545 Mohammad Ali Shafia, Ragheb Rahmaniani, Moloud Rahmaniani, Ansar Rezai

EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF UNCERTAINTY IN FUEL PRICE ON TRANSMISSION NETWORK EXPANSION PLANNING USING DABC APPROACH ........................................................................................................................ 2552 Ali Kimiyaghalam, Ahmad Ashouri

THE ROLE OF PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE TEXTILE SECTOR DURING MANUFACTURING. ................................................................................................................................................................. 2565 Hussain Bux Marri, Ghulam Yasin Shaikh

AN IMPROVED APPROACH TO EXCHANGE NON-RECTANGULAR DEPARTMENTS IN CRAFT ALGORITHM .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2569 Behrooz Pourghannad, Danial Esmaeili Aliabadi

A SURVEY ON DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND RELATED ISSUES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2576 Gholamreza Esmaeilian, Maryam Hamedi

A MODEL FOR MULTILEVEL LOCATION-ALLOCATION FOR MARKET CAPTURE IN CONGESTION SYSTEM........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2591 Jafar Bagherinejad, Paria Fakhrzad

HOSPITAL SITE SELECTION IN BENGHAZI CITY IN LIBYA ...................................................................................................... 2597 Ibrahim M. Buseif, Mohamed A. Shouman

THE CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH ARCHITECTURAL SPACE INFLUENCE ON THE TRAINING CONCEPT OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT STRUCTURE.......................................................................................................... 2608 Davood Navabi Asl, Morteza Baghbani

IE IN ASIA – EUROPE TRACK PRINCIPLES OF POSITIONING INDUSTRIAL ESTATES ............................................................................................................... 2609 Kamran Yeganegi, Atefeh Mojtabazadeh

TO APPLY THE PASSIVE DEFENSE IN POSITIONING INDUSTRIAL ESTATES ..................................................................... 2620 Kamran Yeganegi, Elham Bayat

APPLICATION OF TEXT MINING IN THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING LITERATURE ............................. 2631 Sara Abossedgh, Mohammad Saleh Owlia, Mohamad-Ali Vahdatzad, Mohammad-Reza Zare

CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS OF POWER PLANTS IN KUWAIT ..................................................................... 2632 Mehmet Savsar, Mohsen Alardhi, Abdullah Almazroueec

SERVICE AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TRACK CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF HEALTH TOURISM SYSTEMS........................................................................................................... 2642 Kamran Yeganegi

SCENARIOBASED SERVICE-ENGINEERING .................................................................................................................................... 2643 Volker Grienitz, André-Marcel Schmidt

MODELING OF VALUE CHAIN PROCESSES IN CONGLOMERATE ORGANIZATIONS....................................................... 2644 Mohammad Bavar, Aboozar Mehrmanesh, Alireza Bafandeh

A SEQUENCE PATTERN MATCHING APPROACH TO SHOPPING PATH CLUSTERING ..................................................... 2657 In-Chul Jung, Young S. Kwon, Yung-Seop Lee

HYBRID MODEL FOR INSULATION ACTIVE COMPONENT CONTROL IN AN ISOLATED NEUTRAL ELECTRICAL NETWORK ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2666 H. Abderrezak, A. Mizane

IMPACT OF ABRASIVE WEAR ON DRILLING TOOLS................................................................................................................... 2676 A. Dalia

WASTEWATER MINIMIZATION IN PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRIES THROUGH ENERGY-EFFICIENT MEMBRANE PROCESSES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2681 Yousef Saif, Ali Almansoori, Ali Elkamel

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION STANDARD OPERATION PROCESS APPLIED ON LEBANESE DAIRY SMEs........................................................................... 2689 Maryse Chemali, Ramy Harik

ASSESSMENT OF RELIABILITY OF HAMILTON-TOMPKINS ALGORITHM TO ECG PARAMETER DETECTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2697 Saeka Rahman, Mohammad Rahman

DEVELOPING 6D BIM ENERGY INFORMATICS FOR GDL LEED IFC MODEL ELEMENTS............................................... 2703 Shawn O'Keeffe

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